Hypertext Webster Gateway: "malapropos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Malapropos \Mal*ap"ro*pos`\, a. & adv. [F. mal [`a] propos; mal
evil + [`a] propos to the purpose.]
Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
malapropos
adj : of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature [ant: {apropos}]
adv : at an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just as
we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos"
[syn: {inopportunely}] [ant: {opportunely}]
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